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(Eagle News) — Para kay Vice President Leni Robredo hindi sagot ang panibagong ekstensyon ng martial law. Aniya, malinaw na hindi ito epektibo simula ng ipatupad ito sa Mindanao dahil patuloy pa rin ang terrorist activity doon. “Merong martial law sa Mindanao, pero nakita natin over the past months, hindi ito nagiging hadlang para yung karahasan maprevent. Una nyan nagkaroon ng bombing sa Lamitan. Ito na naman sa Sultan Kudarat kahapon (Agosto 29). Patuloy pa […]
(Eagle News)–Supreme Court Associate Justice Alfredo Caguioa is still in charge of the electoral protest filed by former Senator Bongbong Marcos against Vice President Leni Robredo. According to SC Spokesperson Theodore Te, the court “unanimously denied” Caguioa’s request the case be re-raffled to someone else, following Marcos’ request he inhibit because of his “fraternal relations” with former President Benigno Aquino III. Marcos also noted Caguioa’s wife was a supporter of Robredo. “Contrary to these (news) […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Leila de Lima on Saturday, Aug. 18, rebuked President Rodrigo Duterte for belittling the leadership capabilities of Vice President Leni Robredo, saying his presidency was “not a tough act to follow.” “Duterte has this hallucination that his presidency is a tough act to follow. Well, it is not. It is one of the worst, if not the worst presidency ever. After him, Marcos might even be surpassed as the most murderous […]
Then Duterte resignation will “never happen,” VP lawyer counters (Eagle News) — If former Senator Bongbong Marcos wins his electoral protest against Vice President Leni Robredo, President Rodrigo Duterte might step down, the Palace said on Thursday, Aug. 16. According to Roque, Duterte “has said that he thinks Senator Bongbong is one of the better qualified leader(s) to succeed him..” Duterte, who said he was “tired” in a previous speech, also vouched for Senator Chiz Escudero, […]
“Hanggang dito ba naman nakalimutan si Alan (Peter Cayetano)?” Barry Gutierrez says, referring to Duterte’s running mate in the 2016 elections (Eagle News) — The lawyer of Vice President Leni Robredo on Wednesday, Aug. 15, hit back at President Rodrigo Duterte after he again belittled her leadership abilities. “Mga ‘competent’ ayon sa Pangulo: Tourism Secretary na walang ginawa kundi mangurakot, (National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council) head na nawawala kapag baha, (National Food Authority) […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Chiz Escudero said he was humbled by President Rodrigo Duterte’s statement he would only step down if the likes of the lawmaker would succeed him. But Escudero said Duterte himself noted that “wala namang legal na paraan para mangyari ito.” “Naniniwala ako na nagpapahayag lamang (si Duterte) ng kanyang frustration kaugnay sa mabagal na pagtakbo ng mga nais niyang makamit at makita dito sa ating bansa lalo na sa larangan ng […]
President lauds leadership skills of Chiz Escudero, Bongbong Marcos instead (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday, Aug. 14, appeared to belittle Vice President Leni Robredo’s leadership abilities, saying she cannot handle the country’s problems. In the same speech, the President instead appeared to express support for the leadership skills of Chiz Escudero and Bongbong Marcos, who both ran against Robredo in the 2016 elections, but lost. Marcos has filed an electoral protest against […]
(Eagle News) — Vice President Leni Robredo has asked the Presidential Electoral Tribunal to junk former Senator Ferdinand Marcos’ request for the decrypted ballot images not to be used in the manual recount. In her counter-manifestation with comment and opposition, Robredo said Marcos’ petition should be dismissed for lack of merit because he has shown no evidence the integrity of ballot images was compromised. Earlier, the PET ordered the use in the recount of the […]
(Eagle News)–Vice President Leni Robredo on Friday, Aug. 10, called on the government to “take concrete steps” to combat the spread of fake news. “We urge the administration to take concrete steps…guided by the (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) Framework and Joint Declaration to Minimize the Harmful Effects of Fake News, which was crafted at the 14th Conference of the ASEAN Ministers Responsible for Information (AMRI) in May 2018,” she said in a statement. Since […]
(Eagle News) — The camp of Vice President Leni Robredo has asked the Presidential Electoral Tribunal to disregard the Solicitor General’s stance that the 50 percent ballot shading threshold be used in the ongoing manual recount. The manual recount stems from the electoral protest filed by former Senator Bongbong Marcos against Robredo, who was declared the winner in the vice presidential polls. In a July 13 plea, Romulo Macalintal, Robredo’s lawyer, called the OSG’s conclusion that […]
(Eagle News)–The Makabayan bloc on Thursday, July 12,said it was open to “uniting” with Vice President Leni Robredo, who expressed willingness to lead the opposition against President Rodrigo Duterte. “Ang Makabayan ay bukas na makipagkaisa at makipagtulungan sa lahat ng handang lumaban sa mga kontra-mamamayan at kontra-mahirap na patakaran ng administrasyong ito na kinakatawan ni Pangulong Duterte,” ACT Teachers Partylist Rep. Antonio Tinio said. According to Tinio, it was “more important now” for opposition forces […]
(Eagle News) — The camp of Vice President Leni Robredo on Wednesday, July 11, called out President Rodrigo Duterte for his comment she was not ready to lead the country because of her alleged incompetence. “Inflation: 5.2%. Bigas: P42/kilo. $1 = P53.51. Dagdag sa pambansang utang: P1.19T. Sariling karagatan: bawal sa Pinoy. Trapik: palala pa. Patayan, tila araw araw na lang. Incompetent? Nagsalita ang magaling,” Barry Gutierrez, Robredo’s lawyer, said in a tweet. President Duterte […]
